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A Nobel laureate's take on what's wrong with our economic system

James Robinson and his colleagues' work explores why some countries are rich and others are poor, and why those income gaps persist.
Prof. James Robinson of the University of Chicago speaks to the press, colleagues and students after learning that he had won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics.
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